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[cryowizard]

My slight disagreement with baffled_pumpkin as to the virtue of accepting what "is".

http://baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com/7521.html?style=mine

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[(Anonymous)]

Like I said -- I dont know how this will end. It may end badly. Or not. Who knows. All I'm saying is that we are born with thirst for more. And going the other way is against our nature as a species. And dont call it decease. Talk about judgements!

[baffled-pumpkin.livejournal.com]

yes, never to be satisfied with what you have at the moment is a disease. most wars are the result of this collective disease.
by "satisfied" i do not mean complacency -- this is the other side of the extreme. if the ability to find joy in the current moment without constantly rushing and wishing for more means going against human nature, then i must admit that i am going against my nature every day (and i enjoy it very much :))
i don't think that you mean what you say, really. i don't believe that you would say to your child something like "you should never be happy and always long for more. and if you love your life, you are going against your nature". then what is the point of living?
the point of my post was just to share something that i found interesting and helpful for myself. there is no right or wrong here. it is right for me. it might be wrong for you. just a difference of opinions, and arguing about them is silly -- i will continue living according to my principles and you according to yours. the only reason why i started this chain of explanations is that it was obvious to me that you misinterpreted the quote. but now it became an argument, and this is extremely boring.
i am going biking.
lots of love :)
pumpkin